Bed-spring or spring bed-bottom.



. DYETT.

BED SPRING 0R SPRING BED BOTTOM.

APPLICATON FILED APR. 2l. |915- Patented July 2, 1918.

,A v DOI- 9 000 V000 ist. DY'E'TT; on surnam; NEW ironia; AssrGNoR 'ro HARD MANUFACTURTNG y'connaitm on'Z BUFFAIio, New YORK.

nien-snelste 'on srnrney BED-BOTTOM.

intensa Speocation of Letters Patent.

Patented J u1`y2, 19118.

Application le'd April 21, 1915. S'erial No. 22,751.

. TQQZZ (whom t may concern:

` Acounty of Erie and 5 @W Y'O'k,v have invented. a, new us `ful Improvement in Bed-Springs or Spring Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a y specification. i j

This invention relates to bed springs or bedbottoms of `that kind which are providedy along `the side `edges thereof with guardsl which l project upwardly l above the plane ofthe resilient spring fabricfor reventin the stuffed mattress from sprea ing lateral y and from shifting sidewise on the rbed spring" so asto overhang` the side edges thereof. i

The object of the invention `is to produce ay practica-l and desirable bed spring `or `spring bed bottom having mattress; .guards at the rsides thereof Awhichy 'do not add materially to the costof manufacture of the bed spring, but afford a reinforced side edge or guard formation therefor which will eecvtu-all-y retain the mattress'in shape and in position on the springand will not be liable to mar or injure they mattress, or be objectionable in use. j y s 1n" theaccompanying drawings:

'Figure -1 is aperspective View of a bed y spring lenab'odying.,the invention.

Fig. 2, isa fragmentarylongitudinal `sectional elevation, showing one end of one of the side guards.

13"; 5L/3 `1s a cross section yin line 3-'1-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 isa fragmentary ,plan view of onev corner ofthe bottom. j y s c y The b d spring, except as to the formation of the mattress guards, may be of well lmown con-struction,l consisting lof a resilient bottom 10 of woven wire fabric or otherV suitable -`fabric and a y rectangular frame composed 'of sidebars `11 andncross bars 12 I connecting the sidev bars Vand located in a plane above thesame.- The bottom fabric is suitably attached at its opposite ends to the e'nd bars 12pt the Af-rame,as for examdple,` by the usualsecuring strips'f 13, an s is stretched j between the fend bars.

The side marginal portions of `the bottom `fabric "10 are folded over and `fastened along their yedgesto the bottoml fabric, thus foning at eachside of` the bottom alongitudinal hem or casing 14. The edge ofthe fabric can be conveniently fastened to form the hem or casing 1,4 by interlacing the edge -coil 15 `of the fabric with an inter-.

mediate coil thereof, as indicated in Fig. 3. The ends of the folded over hem portions aresecured to the ends of the frame, preferably between the en'd bars 12 and the strips `13 in the same lmanner as the remainder of Athe ends ofthe fabric. i

Extending longitudinally in and incased 1n each of the h'ems 'or 'casing's 14 at thel side edgesl of the bottom is 'a metal strip or thin bar 16 `which Ais connected at lits ends to the ends of the Aframe andheld lunder tension, preferably by helical` 'springs 17 attached 'to anchoring, devices 18 which are secured to the end bars of 'the spring frame. Two or more of the springs 17 are employed at each end of the guard strip 16, the springs being `arranged and attached to the guard strip 16 and the anchoring deviceAlS at different elevations, or one above lthe other, so that they act to retain the guard 'on edge, that is, with its greater cross dimension vertically, in addition to holding it under tension. The `anchoring devices `18 'for the springs preferably consist of twisted metal plates having vertical inner ends to 'which the springs are attached and horizontal outer ends 19 fastened byscrews j or other suitable fastenings 20 to the flat liable to be broken or to prevent the stack-D ing of the springs one on another.

The ards constructed as described are very e je'ctive and desirable in use. The guard strips 16, being retained on edge by their springs,`hold rthe incasing marginal portions of the bottom fabric upri` ht or perpendicular to; the plane Aof theI ottom so as to effectually retain the mattress ih place on the spring, and since themarginal hems or casings incl'ose the guard strip 16 `substantially from end to end thereof, the

guards have continuous or uninterru ted thick, rounded, and smooth u per e ges which will not mar o' injure tie mattress or hurt the hands or other parts of the person in case4 `of `contact therewith, and a strong and durable connection is formed between thev bottomL fabric andk the guard vstrips which will prevent the fabric from kbreaking away from the guard strips.A The guards thus form desirable reinforcing edges for the bottom fabric in Vaddition to` serving, `as mattress guards. While #the guard strips hold the guards upright and are practicallyy inflexible vertically,A `their spring connections permit them to give and they are adapted to flex laterally when the bottom v.yields under a weight thereon, and while the guards stienjsomewh'at the sides of the resilient bottom, thisis desirable 'rather than objectionable. v'The guardsare than the'thickness ofthe mattween the ends of said frame and having double portions. forming hollow casings alongthe sideedges ofsaid bottom fabric,

row and which terminateshort of the endsv of said frame, means passing through said v springs.

.thin flexible strips extending lengthwise through said'casin'gs, and Ameans which con` neet the 'ends of said strips to the kends of saidframe and hold said strips on edge un- `der tension wherebysaid strips hold said hollow casings lsubstantially perpendicular to the planefof the bottom fabric to form mattress guards at the side edges ofthe kbed 2. A bed spring eomprisin a frame, a Viexible woven wire bottom fa ric stretched between the ends of said frame, said Vbottom fabric` having perpendicular tubular edge members which are relatively high and narperpendicular tubular edge members to hold said members perpendicular whereby they form mattress guards; at the lside edges of the bedspr1ng,'and means connecting said y Vholding means under tension to the ends of said frame.

"3. Aj bed spring comprising a jframe, a

flexiblewoven wire bottom fabric stretched between" the `ends ofy said frame," mattress jguardsV at the lside edges of said .bottom fabric each of saidA guardsv including a tubular member of relatively highand narrow cross section the bottom edge of which is formed by the'bottom fabric, said members lnected to said bottom fabricand to vthe ends i upright, :and "resilient `connections between the endsof said metal strips andthe ends ofv` said frame. l i f` l 4. Afbed .spring comprising a frame, a flexible wovenwire'bottom fabric stretched between the ends of said frame and having strips.

length as the tubular casings extending.

through saidf casings and al plurality of springs connecting the ends of said strips to theends of the frame to hold said strips under tension and said tubular casingsz substantially j upright to form mattress guards for the bed spring. i 'Y 5. A bed spring comprisinga frame,'a

flexible Ametallic bottom fabric' attached to the 'ends of'said frameV andfhaving double edge vportions `forming 'casings extendmg so lengthwise at its side edges, and *strips which are attached 4at' their yends 'to said frame and held under `tension and extend lengthwise in said casings for holding the casings substantially perpendicularftol the plane of'isaid bottom'to form mattressguards, the upper edge portions of the casings'being vdisconnected froln-saidframe ends and being solely supportedj byjsaid 6. A. bed'spring comprising a iframe,"k a

resilient bottom stretched ybetween `the ends of said frame and having longitudinal casings at its side edges,` metal strips extending lengthwise'in said' casings,-twisted anchor-V 95 ing plates having horizontalends secured to the ends of said frame 'and vertical inner ends7 and a plurality ofsprings at each end of said stripsarranged one above the other and connecting the strips `to the vertical innerends vof said anchoring plates for hold- Y ing said` casingsf substantially upright- A bed `spring comprising a frame, a flexible metallic bottom fabric stretched betweenv the .endsvof 'said frame and/having` 105 p vupturned portions forming, substantially up-'i' right mattress guards along the side; ledges of the bottom, the endsofwhich decrease in L height toward the ends -ofjthe' bed spring and being disconnected at their upper por-110 tionsfrom" said frame ends, andmeans fork; retaining said guards upright. l'

' 8. A kbed-spring vcomprising a frame, a flexible metallic bottom f stretched between the ends of;said xfran'1e`,V substantially up- 115 fright mattress guards extending upwardly Y i from'V theside edges 'of the bottom, strips exbeing' shorter than the4 bottom fabric and y each having areinforced web at its ends con-1 55` of saidV frameyand metal-strips extending )fithrough saidtubular ymembers tohold them' tendinglengthwise of-and connectedfto said.

. guards for retaining them upright, and (connections from said strips "to the ends of the frame and attached tothe vendsof theffr'ame` `substantially inthe horizontal plane 4thereof for holding the strips'undert'ension and" for- 'supporting said'gua'rds above 'said bottom,

connected-from saidframe ends. 5 9.,A bed Vspringcomprisingva'-y frame, a

y v'flexible bottom 'fabricstretchedbetween the the'sidev edge portions thereof .folded overjfv 'D0 ffom perplldlcular' tubular casngs, the'l ends 'of said frame l and having `casing's` exends of said casngs decreasing in height to- Witness my hand this 17 day of April, ward the elds of aid bed spring and bfeing 1915. disconnecte at t eil` u per ortions rom the ends of said framg, strips extending JAMES H' DYETT 5 lengthwise in said casings, and means for Witnesses:

holding said strips under tension for hold- D. IVAN PoMERoY, ing said casings substantially upright. JOHN E. KRUGER.

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